Monday, February 21, 2005

A Legend Passes

If I could have chosen to live my life as anyone on the planet, past or present, it would have been Hunter S. Thompson.

The man knew how to live life large. I'm saddened beyond belief by his exit.

DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67...